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from whence the herd divides, part moving direct to the 
Upper Tsavo, others moving over to the Lower Bura and 
Mwatate rivers, perhaps en route visiting Kasigau. The 
others, passing Laitokitok through the L’Endim Lo Soit 
(Stony Forest), come down into the Tsavo river between 
Kivukuni and Mzima, and work down towards Campi Ya 
Tembo. These elephants feed in the thorn scrub north and 
south of the river, crossing down to the Tsavo at night to 
drink. In this scrub they are either joined or followed by 
the Bura-Mwatate herds. 
The elephants then pass north via the Chambui spring to 
the Mtito Andei river, thence crossing the Uganda railway 
and proceeding to the Athi river perhaps as far as the Tiva 
river. 
The herds then move south-west along these streams and 
visit the hill Rovuma in the Girvama country, and some 
members of the herds raid the Malindi plantations. 
Few, if any, of these elephants in the war zone have been 
shot either by British or Germans, but the presence of troops 
has disturbed them considerably. 
In 1914 the annual migration took place, but in 1915 
only a few scattered small herds came over and along the 
Tsavo, and except for two or three small herds in the lower 
reaches, elephants have been conspicuous by their absence. 
These elephants only come to the river to drink, and speedily 
make off. (Note. — It must be noted that the elephants 
north of the Uganda railway may be recruited from the 
Wakamba District elephant herds.) 
Rhinoceros . — A large number of rhinoceros have been 
shot, especially by the enemy. Regular rhinoceros parties 
used to go out from Taveta and Salaita to kill rhinoceros 
with, it appears, the double object of providing meat for 
African troops and sport for the German officers. 
Thus the large number of rhinoceros which used to exist 
in the Upper Rombo, Ziwani Swamp, the bush fringing the 
Taveta Forest, Lake Jipe, on Latema, Reata, the Mokinni 
Hills, and in the Kitovo Forest may be taken to be nearly 
extinct. 
On the British side a fair number have been shot when 
